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Watercooled mATX Gaming rig. Gtx780 DCII, 4770k, Maximus VI Gene, Expanded H220

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Wow, this is awesome!

 

...and YES, absolutely show it  :)

 

I wanna see it!

 

Ask and you shall receive!
 

 

What I did was add an EK Block for the 780, and added in a 45mm thick, single 120mm rad from alphacool to the H220. Though bleeding was a PITA without a standalone res, temps are ~65 on the 1.3v cpu and ~50 on the 1250mhz 780 at 50% fan and pump speed; pretty damn quiet. Overall, VERY happy.

 

 

 

GPU Before and After. Block is a nice black finish and is very nice and solid too. Pics dont really do it justice. 

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AND LET THERE BE LIGHT

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  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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very clean

Specs: Cpu: i7-4790k@4.5ghz 1.19v Cooler: H100i Motherboard: Msi z97 g55 SLI  Ram: Kingston HyperX Black 16gb 1600mhz GPU: XFX R9 290X Core Edition PSU: Corsair HX850  Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Storage: Force series 3 120gb ssd, sandisk ultra 256gb ssd, 1tb blue drive  Keyboard: Rosewill RK9100x Mouse: DeathAdder  Monitors: 3 22 inch on a triple monitor mount

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very clean

 

Appreciated sir!

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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Looks sexy! This is actually the first build log in which someone has expanded an H220 that I've seen

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Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/

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Looks sexy! This is actually the first build log in which someone has expanded an H220 that I've seen

Thanks man! And yeah I figured I'd try it. Seemed like a good value and option considering my components. A bigger pump and res would have made bleeding alot easier, but performance wise this pump seems more than capable as of now

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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this is a type of build i want to have in the future! Matx, h220 expanded with extra rad, nice!

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Case & Mobo: Stock Dell Optiplex 7010, CPU: i5 3470, RAM: 16gb 1333 DDR3 (1x8gb Corsair Vengence, 2x4gb Random), GPU: Diamond Radeon HD 7970,

PSU: EVGA GQ 650W, SSD: Kingston v300 128gb (OS), HDD: 700gb Seagate 7200rpm (Storage)

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this is a type of build i want to have in the future! Matx, h220 expanded with extra rad, nice!

Appreciated man

Kudos on the expansion

Looks good,what did you use for fluid?

Thanks sir. I just used distilled water with a little anti algae additive

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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Wow great build! :)

Thankyou sir

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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Switching to a Corsair 350d soon! Stay tuned!

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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Nnice! All those components in such a small case! Impressive!

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Nnice! All those components in such a small case! Impressive!

Thanks man. gonna step case size up a bit though, to be able to actually bring in some fresh air as the mobo and ram get warm after longggg gaming sessions since i keep my fans so low that they basically dont emit any air through the rad. just enough against it to get the watercooled components cool

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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how's the temps? so awesome to see watercooling like this in such a small case! u said 350D, why the sudden change?

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how's the temps? so awesome to see watercooling like this in such a small case! u said 350D, why the sudden change?

Ive had it up for a month and half or so now. And the biggest things is just the air temps inside the case. The case is so small, and being that all of my intakes and exhausts are covered by rads, and my fans on them are quite slow speed for noise. so there is little to no actual airflow inside the case. This, coupled with a long gaming session, gets the ram and mobo quite hot, to the point where the computer will restart. So, im goign to a 350d, where i can have rads in teh top and back, and have fresh air brought in through the front. Plus, the 350d just looks badass haha

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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@taylorpro what do you think of your gentle typhoons?  I recommend them all the time :D (have 8 of em in my 900D)

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@taylorpro what do you think of your gentle typhoons?  I recommend them all the time :D (have 8 of em in my 900D)

I have no complaints at all with them. I love the look, they're fairly quiet, and the bearing quality is great

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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i must have a lower-ended chip. I need ~1.18v to get a stable 4.2 lol

i'm in the same boat... I literally cant get past 4.2 even with my h110 at 1.18v. i had 4.4 with a 1.25 voltage but even then my chip would hit 90+ stress tested. any voltages lower would BSOD. I mustve lost that silicone lottery, but anways...

 

Great build thus far man. I admire you pushing for more! cant wait to see the next update

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CPU: 4770k @ 4.2GHz 1.15v | Mobo: ASUS z87 Sabertooth | Cooler: Corsair H110 | RAM: Vengeance 32GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz | GPU: GIGABYTE G1 GTX 1070 | Storage: Samsung 840 series 250GB SSD, Seagate 2TB SSHD, Seagate 4.25TB HDD | PSU: Corsair AX850 80+ gold modu | Case: Corsair 650d | Keyboard: Corsair K65 RGB Cherry MX Reds & a Leopold 210TP Numberpad Cherry MX Blues | Mouse: Logitech G502, DECHANIC desk mat | Monitor: 2x Dell IPS 23" S2340m & ASUS 144hz 24" VG248QE | Speakers: CA-3602a | Headset: Steelseries Syberia v2 Frost Blue OS: Win 10 Pro 

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i'm in the same boat... I literally cant get past 4.2 even with my h110 at 1.18v. i had 4.4 with a 1.25 voltage but even then my chip would hit 90+ stress tested. any voltages lower would BSOD. I mustve lost that silicone lottery, but anways...

 

Great build thus far man. I admire you pushing for more! cant wait to see the next update

 Thankyou sir!

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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Ive had it up for a month and half or so now. And the biggest things is just the air temps inside the case. The case is so small, and being that all of my intakes and exhausts are covered by rads, and my fans on them are quite slow speed for noise. so there is little to no actual airflow inside the case. This, coupled with a long gaming session, gets the ram and mobo quite hot, to the point where the computer will restart. So, im goign to a 350d, where i can have rads in teh top and back, and have fresh air brought in through the front. Plus, the 350d just looks badass haha

 

Cool! cant wait to see the update! was thinking of getting a customed water cooling rig into the  350D as well because as you said, that case is SWEET! was just wondering how to fit everything! probably going to make yours as an example for mine  :D

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Cool! cant wait to see the update! was thinking of getting a customed water cooling rig into the  350D as well because as you said, that case is SWEET! was just wondering how to fit everything! probably going to make yours as an example for mine  :D

 

 

Apprecaited man. Actually built the setup in the 350d on wednesday but was quickly reminded how much of a PITA it is to bleed a full size water loop with the H220 pump. SOOOO, I may have splurged and order a new pump, some fittings, and a backplate for my GPU to be able to do a legitimate custom loop

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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Guess I should update this huh? WELL, got tired of fooling with the small pump and bleeding the custom loop, so I added a Swiftech MCP-655 pump to the loop. Couldn't be happier with it, its quiet, has tons of flow, and the variable speed is sweet. Also, while I had the loop apart, I added the EK backplate to the GPU, threw a kill coil into the swiftech rad for anti-algae purposes, and added in the Swiftech MCRes Micro I bought a while back but never had the space to use. I'm currently using the H220 block as just a CPU block and letting the 655 do all the pumping duty. The pump part isnt plugged in and just spins passively. I see no difference in cpu temps from when it was a standalone pump from doing this, and the guys at Swiftech said it'd be just fine too. I do plan on adding a dedicated CPU block this summer, and replacing my single 120mm rad in the front to a dual 120mm rad thats a bit thicker. Just so the loop is ready for more hardware if I ever choose too. Anyway, on to the pics. 
 

 

 

Front AF-140L's out of a buddies 450D
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ANNDDD Much better
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The cable management in the back turned out OK
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And with some lights. The camera does it no justice, it looks a bright vivid white in person and is more even. The camera gives it a blueish hue and too much locational intensity.
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I have also ordered the Windowed side panel from Corsair so I can show off the setup better, just waiting for it to ship now. Let me know what you all think!

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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Well its about that time i feel like spending money again on my computer. What next? upgraing my single 120mm rad to a dual and replacing my cpu block with a real one? 1440p monitor? hmmm

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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Well its about that time i feel like spending money again on my computer. What next? upgraing my single 120mm rad to a dual and replacing my cpu block with a real one? 1440p monitor? hmmm

 
This is really nice man! Your tubing runs are clean af! I'd add a CPU block definitely, but maybe keep with the 120rad if your temps are ok, or not planning to go SLI. In regards to a 1440p monitor.. Please do, you won't regret it :)

i7 4770k  ¬ MSI Z87-M Gaming ¬ Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1866Mhz ¬ R9 290x Crossfire ¬ Corsair 350D ¬ Corsair RM 1000

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This is really nice man! Your tubing runs are clean af! I'd add a CPU block definitely, but maybe keep with the 120rad if your temps are ok, or not planning to go SLI. In regards to a 1440p monitor.. Please do, you won't regret it :)

 

 

Thanks man! Yeah tubing turned out ok. I'll tinker with it in time im sure lol. The swiftech h220 pump/block is actually working good as a stand along block to be honest lol. Maybe a few degree's warmer than a standalone would be, but really it works the same as it would in an h220. temps are ok right now. but i thought about adding the bigger rad in case i did want to do sli, even though thats another $600 investment after a waterblock lol. And yeah ive been looking at monitors for a while now. Was thinking about waiting till gsync, but i think if i can get a panel that i can get up to 96 or 120hz, my gpu frame rate will be lower than that more times than not, so tearing shouldnt really be an issue. Thanks again for looking man!

  • CPU : i7-4770k, Mobo: ASUS Maximus VI Gene, RAM: 16gb G-Skill Sniper 1866, GPU: ASUS GTX780 DirectCUII, Case: Corsair 350D, Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB & Seagate 1TB HDD, PSU: Seasonic 860w Platinum, Monitor: ASUS VN-247P, CPU Cooler: Custom Watercooling Loop, Mouse: Steel Series Sensai Raw, Sounds: Vmoda Crossfade LP

    Build Log: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/112285-slightly-smaller-just-as-baller/

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